The Roanoke Slant

This file is a very brief journal and scrapbook and LTEs of some examples of the Roanoke Times slant. Comments to: lbhagen@roanokeslant.org

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Halting illegal immigration

Roanoke Times, 11/6/05, Pg H 1: Bush policy and proposal pure nonsense. Other bills before Congress no better. Approximately ½ million per year are coming across the borders.-The attached quote is alleged to have been made by Teddy Roosevelt 100 years ago. Seems like it should apply today.-"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." Theodore Roosevelt 1907--ps: Based on the current riots, it appears that this policy should apply within France too.-